Chapter 241: An Alternative Actress (6)
Zhong Meng and Jing Xiao were very relieved to see such a good response. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info is not in vain they have been racking their brains for so long to market, and finally ignited the enthusiasm of the young generation of citizens for "Xianya".
Because Jing Lin and Zhong Meng both have high hopes for "Xianya", when Director Guo officially went into retreat and began to cut the film, the two of them risked being kicked out of the room by Director Guo, and unswervingly followed his old man and watched him edit.
Sometimes the two have different opinions, and no matter whether Director Guo wants to hear it or not, they all fall to him. If they feel that Director Guo is not satisfied with where he cuts, they will not be quiet, and they must bring it up and try to persuade Director Guo to cut the film in the perfect direction.
Zhong Meng dared to give opinions because as a senior producer, she had specialized in relevant professional knowledge during college, and she had excellent professional qualities.
And Jing Lian, a complete layman, firstly, relied on intuition, and secondly, he accepted the reminder of the ghost servant brother Jiang Sheng, and conveyed Jiang Sheng's opinion to Director Guo.
Jiang Sheng has been an actor for so many years, and he has seen many directors who cut bad movies, and there are no less directors who cut bad materials.
Director Guo is older and more steady, and the film edited out completely according to his opinion is not bad. Although the plot is coherent, the plot is not full of ups and downs, and it lacks so much adventure and excitement.
And these two factors are the two most important and attractive basic factors of Xianxia blockbusters.
From the moment Jing Lin was looking for someone to write the script, her target audience was very obvious. It is to attract young Xianxia fans between the ages of thirteen and thirty-five. Most of this target group are students and office workers, who are usually heavy and boring in their studies and work, so they need adventure and excitement to adjust their lives.
Nowadays, parents are willing to spend money on their children, and they give more pocket money. Therefore, there is no shortage of money in the hands of students. Office workers can make money on their own, but will they still look down on movies? As long as the release time is scheduled on weekends or important holidays, there will be no worries about no one watching it.
In the early stage of promotion, Zhong Meng also closely focused on Jing Lian's target customer group, trying to capture the interest of this young generation.
Therefore, Jing Lin and Zhong Meng were a little worried when they saw that the film cut out by Director Guo was more serious and serious, and couldn't help but ask him to make some adjustments and modifications, add more exciting and interesting plots, and pay attention to retaining the diversity of the heroine's personality, so that the characters are fuller and the plot is more attractive.
Director Guo, as a famous director, also has his own temper. He was very stubborn, and felt that the film edited exactly according to his wishes and aesthetics had tended to perfection and did not need to be modified.
Jing Lin and Zhong Meng had to pull up the tiger skin of investors and producers, and forced Director Guo to cut them according to their wishes. Director Guo held his breath and cut half of it, so he used his body discomfort as an excuse to leave the burden and not do it, following how Jing Lin and Zhong Meng "ruined" his "poor child".
Later, Jing Lin and Zhong Meng discussed together, set a new editing plan, and grabbed two assistant directors to assist them in editing, and it took 40 days to finally cut out their ideal "Xianya".
Director Guo took a provocative and critical attitude, carefully looked at the finished products they tossed, and finally left with a blue face. Before leaving, he dropped a sentence: It's okay, that's it. He didn't admit that the re-edited "Xianya" was more eye-catching, novel and interesting.
After cutting the film, Jing Lin and Zhong Meng set up a lottery system on the Internet, released 100 premiere places to lucky audiences, and then sent 50 tickets to the chief editors-in-chief and reporters of large media groups in more than a dozen first-tier cities such as Imperial Capital, Magic City, and Huaishui, and specially prepared 20 tickets for the 20 permanent judges of the Golden Phoenix Award.
The remaining thirty tickets were all used as favors by Zhong Meng and Jing Lian, and they were sent to well-known film critics in the Chinese circle, inviting them to watch the ceremony, asking them to watch the film and write a good film review for "Xianya". These film critics are all carefully selected by Zhong Meng, and they are all from their side. The main reason for doing this is to give "Xianya" a good reputation and attract more people to watch it.
Jing Lian, Zhong Meng and Director Guo never thought that the premiere of "Xianya", which they used to test the waters, would be an unprecedented success. Almost everyone was full of praise after watching it.
Especially those lucky young audiences, after watching the premiere, they were very excited, and in interviews with reporters and media, they all said that "Xianya" is the best Xianxia film they have seen in recent years.
Because this drama not only has a wonderful plot and special effects, but also the movie picture is as beautiful as a dream, and many scenes are either magnificent, simple and elegant, or splendid...... Every scene, prop, and plot is well documented. Moreover, several of the main actors in "Xianya" have both beauty and acting skills, and each has its own personality charm.
Of course, the most admired and loved character is the heroine. She is beautiful and handsome, so handsome that people can't put their legs together! She is also very imposing and temperamental, she can fight and kill, not to mention, what is rare is that she is also humorous and funny, and she is simply killed by both men and women!
Among the lucky viewers who came to watch the movie, there were several fans and sisters of Jing Lian, the "queen sister", who silently added the label of "cool and handsome immortal" to their idols after watching this movie.
I plan to go home and go online after the premiere tonight, and give my brothers and sisters who spontaneously formed a fan group about Jing Lone, fan friend circles, fan forums and fan post bars to promote (show off) the excitement of "Xianya", fully mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, and try to move them to go to the theater to contribute to the box office for their idols.
Three days after the premiere, "Xianya" was officially released in 1,500 theaters across the country, of which 600 were Zhong family theaters, 300 were Zeng families, and the remaining hundreds were all people who had more or less some relationship and business dealings with the Zhong family and Zeng family.
From the largesse of this national release, you can see the ambition of Jing Lin and Zhong Meng. According to the contract, the two of them each accounted for 35% of the film share of "Xianya", and they both wanted to profit from this film.
Jing Lin wants fame, and Zhong Meng wants the box office (money).
These two have the same end, and both come down to the popularity of "Xianya" among young people.
And the reason why the Zhong family and the Zeng family support them so much is not only the credit of Jing Lone's soul power, but also the temptation of interests. Jing Lin gave 10% of the Zeng family and 5% of the Zhong family's film share, and the remaining 15%, Director Guo accounted for 5%, and the rest were distributed to several core staff members of the crew.
Fortunately, Jing Lin and Zhong Meng's painstaking and carefully paved gamble won a big victory. On the first day, 1,500 theaters were full, and many audiences watched it once, and they were deeply shocked, and couldn't help but watch it a second and third time...... Because during the holidays, you don't have to go to work and go to class, so you can watch whatever you want.
In the first week of the release of "Xianya" in the cinema, the staff of the research institute arranged by Zhong Meng to do market research in the cinema finally gave her a satisfactory answer.
Judging from the results of their survey, 85 percent of the audience is very fond of "Xianya"; 55 percent of them highly respect it; 30 percent of them regard it as an unprecedented masterpiece of Xianxia films; and even more 10 percent believe that this film will create a new situation for Chinese Xianxia films, expand the market for Xianxia films, and set off a great popularity of Xianxia in the Chinese film and television industry.
The staff also made two pie charts of the popularity of the film's main actors and themselves: one for the character class and one for the real person.
Jing Lin beat the crowd in the two pie charts without suspense and won the first place with an absolute advantage. The audience's love for her character and herself is more than 60%.
The vast majority of the audience feel that although she is a real person and has a very charming personality, when she acts, she is even more charming! When they look at her performance in "Xianya", it doesn't look like she is acting at all, as if she is playing her true colors. The kind of powerful immortal aura that is easy to ignore through the screen makes people's hearts broken.
Especially the national audience knows (thanks to Zhong Meng's strong publicity), Jing Lin is extremely dedicated when filming "Xianya" and never uses a stand-in. Many of her personal fight scenes in "Xianya" are all real people. Even if she is injured, she acts with injuries, never complains, and never slacks. This alone makes people have to admire.
Among the 60 percent of the people who contributed, about 45 percent of the audience said that as long as it was a film performed by Jing Lin in the future, they would be willing to pay to watch it. Because they feel that the films starred by Jing Lin have quality assurance and are very much in line with their appetite.
For example, the first film she starred in, "Love", and this "Xianya", although the genre is very different, they all poke their hearts the same, making people increase their thinking about life, life, and human nature while watching the film easily.
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"Sister Meng, is there something wrong with me?" Jing Jing was woken up by Zhong Meng's deadly serial call early in the morning, and she was so irritable that she wanted to kill. Zhong Meng had better have something important, otherwise......
"Forehead......" Zhong Meng heard the murderous aura in Jing Li's voice, paused, and then smiled: "Remember! The box office on the first day is out! Do you know how much? You definitely don't know! I saw that the number they counted was unbelievable! This is simply ......."
Say. ”
"Eight thousand, three million two hundred and twenty-one!" After Zhong Meng called out this number, he seemed to have regained his senses, and exclaimed like a cannon: "God! The box office of more than 80 million Xianxia films on the first day! It is twice as much as the popular Xianxia film made by Director Ji before! This is simply crazy! Although I knew that its box office would not be bad, it is also too good! It is completely beyond my imagination! Can you imagine? We made a Xianxia film with a box office of more than 80 million yuan on the first day! This is enough to be written into textbooks and business cases!"
"I can. Jing Xiao replied coldly: "If you just want to share this number with me, then I know." See you soon!"
"Wait!" Zhong Meng screamed because she was afraid that she would hang up the phone. "Don't hang up! I have just been contacted by several manufacturers who have smelled the smell, and they want to buy the peripheral rights of the characters in "Xianya" and make high-quality dolls for several of the main characters in it. There are also costumes merchants who want to get the authorization of the costumes in our play, furniture factories want to get the authorization of the furniture in the play, and several international toy manufacturers want to buy the copyright of the knives, swords and other props inside. The costumes, furniture and those realistic props were specially customized by you at the beginning, and the script of "Xianya" was also bought out by you, so I can't be the master......"
"I give you the right to call the shots, you negotiate with them on my behalf, and the higher the price of the negotiation, the more I will give you a share. ”
"Cheng!" Zhong Meng's tone was fiery: "I'll leave them to my sister first! I'll hang them for a few days, I always feel that the results of "Xianya" may be better in the future, and it will definitely create a box office miracle! In a few days, I can shout a higher price! I promise not to make you suffer! I can remember, my sister really wants to thank you this time. When you're done with this, my sister invites you to travel around the world......"
"Not necessarily. You concentrate on winning over the Golden Phoenix Award judges for me. Sister Meng, I must win the Golden Phoenix Award for Best Actress in January!
"Sister knows. What are you worried about? Not to mention that your performance in "Xianya" is really eye-catching, just by virtue of the relationship between our Zhong and Zeng families, a mere Golden Phoenix Award is not a problem. ”
"You remember to find someone to fire me in the direction of Qinggao's acting school, what kind of money and favor transactions, do it secretly, don't let people find out. I still want to win the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress in the future, and from now on, I have to work hard to manage my image. ”
"Got it. I'll communicate well with Linda. You can rest assured. ”
"Hmm. Jing Xiao hung up the phone. Being so troubled by Zhong Meng, she was completely awake, threw away her mobile phone, and a carp straightened up and jumped up from the bed.
Jiang Sheng, who was eavesdropping outside the house, found Jing Lin getting up, and he hurriedly communicated with Jing Lin after holding back his words: "Master, I have something to say to you, can you come in?"
'Enter. Jing Xiao hurriedly washed up, used the landline to ask Aunt Gui to bring breakfast to her room, and asked Jiang Sheng while eating, "What's the matter?"
'Didn't you say in the past two days that you were going to find someone to prepare a new show?'
Jiang Sheng knew that Jing Lin didn't like people to sell Guanzi, and then said: "We can combine the current hot theme - the entertainment industry, seize the audience's curiosity and yearning for the entertainment industry, and make a film about the entertainment industry......"
I'm not interested. Jing Lin poured cold water on Jiang Sheng: "Didn't you say when you watched popcorn dramas with the maid before, but now there are too many films about the entertainment industry, and they have no connotation at all?"
"I'm not talking about entertainment industry films in the ordinary sense!" Jiang Sheng stretched out his finger and pointed at himself and asked Jing Lian: 'Master, what do you see?'
Ever since he saw Jing Lian's terrible progress in acting skills in filming "Xianya", and his ability to make and fry it into a masterpiece with Zhong Meng, Jiang Sheng sincerely admired Jing Lian, respected her from the bottom of his heart, and began to put the title of "master" on his lips.
'A fool. ’
"......!" Jiang Sheng resisted the urge to get angry, and his soul body darkened for a moment, "I mean, we can make a modern fantasy entertainment drama about a clumsy heroine who has talent and potential and aspires to be famous in the entertainment industry since she was a child, but has no opportunity...... With the help of the actor ghost, complete the story of the sparrow's counterattack into the queen......
'Huh. Jing Lin dipped an egg in white water and dipped it in spicy beef sauce, bit off half of the egg in one bite, smiled without smiling, and sarcastically mocked Jiang Sheng: "Your face is really close to infinity." Handsome, acting, and charismatic?'